Pops Concert

04/09/13

Pops Concert on tap

Four Bluffton University musical ensembles will come together Friday, April 12, to
present the annual Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Hall. The concert is free
and open to the public; donations will be accepted for program costs, with any excess
funds going toward music scholarships.

The evening will begin with jazz from the university’s Jazz Ensemble, directed by
adjunct instructor Paul Baransy. The ensemble will also perform on two numbers with
the University Chorale, conducted by Dr. Jon C. Peterson, an assistant professor of
music.

Baransy will conduct the Concert Band as well. Among the soloists accompanying the
band will be Jodi Diller, Bluffton’s music department administrative assistant, on
“The Typewriter,” and 1973 Bluffton graduate Charles Doepker on a Baransy arrangement
of “Clarinet Polka.” Doepker, of Ottawa, Ohio, has returned to performing after nearly
losing a finger in an industrial accident several years ago.